
162 . STORRS AGRICULTURAL EXPERIMENT STATION. 
In the following table Sandow’s dietary is compared with 
those of Weston, the foot-ball team, and the commonly accepted 
dietary standards for men at moderate and severe work: 












TABLE 48. 
Comparison of daily dietaries and dietary standards. 
NUTRIENTS, 
igs | 8 
n 2 50 BLS 
SUBJECT. d oo 30 |‘cS 
2 | 2°) 2 
Lo} | 
2 ices | 
| Grams. | Grams. Grams.| Cal. | 1: 
Sandow, - 2 2 - : ‘ So 244 Wee T 502 | 4462-1 3.4 
Weston (walking),  - - - - 5°83 = — ee 
Weston (after walking),  - - - AT Sk — — —_- — 
Foot-ball team per man, - - S - | I81 292 557 | “5 740s oem 
Man at moderate work (Voit), - - ~ aed 56 500 | 3055  — 
Man at moderate work (Atwater), - a TQ — — 3500 5.8 
Man at hard work (Voit), - : - - 145 100 450. |:3370 | == 
Man at hard work (Atwater), - - mae TO — — | a5 OCn aes 

The total amount of food consumed is rather more than the 
average, though in his own opinion Mr. Sandow is not a large 
eater. This is in accord with the general conclusion reached 
in many investigations made with laboring men, that severe 
muscular exercise requires an abundant diet. 
It will be seen that while the amount of carbohydrates and 
fat consumed does not differ very greatly from the standard 
for a man at muscular work, the amount of protein is very 
large and the nutritive ratio is very narrow. 
The fact that so much protein is consumed is of especial 
interest. Zuntz* has advanced the opinion that the energy 
which is used in the production of severe muscular labor is 
furnished by the combustion of protein, while the energy for 
long continued, but not very severe, exercise is furnished. by 
the combustion of carbohydrates or fat. ‘Ihe exercise per- 
formed by Mr. Sandow is very intense, and the large consump- 
tion of protein is in accord with Zuntz’s theory. 

* Experiment Station Record, VII., p. 538. 
